View of a Curtis aircraft engine

View of a Curtis aircraft engine
Date
1917-1918
Reference
1/4-123928-F
Description

View of an American built Curtis aircraft engine in Walsh flying boat "B" at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken circa 1917 by Anton Berntsen.

The engine has eight cylinders so it may be the Curtis OX-5 aircraft engine which was state of the art new in 1917. If earlier it could be the Curtis OXX engine.

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm
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